And the pilot used a fixed mirror to read them?
2007-11-14 04:11:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
In the movie,"The spirit of St. Louis" I thought the plane had instruments behind his seat and a mirror mounted above the windshield .
2007-11-14 07:43:17 · update #1
The "Spirit of Saint Louis" had a primitive version of what is now called a Flux Gate Compass. This was mounted in a compartment behind the pilot's compartment because there was no room for it up front. It had a dial face in the bulkhead behind the pilot's seat, and there was a small mirror on the instrument panel for reading the dial.
So that much is correct. Also many large multi-engine aircraft carry a flight engineer who handles most of the duties of monitoring and controlling the engines and aircraft systems. The flight engineer's panel is a welterwork of dials and controls, and is usually mounted on the right side of the flight deck behind the pilots, so that the Flight Engineer (second officer) sits facing to the right.
2007-11-14 16:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in accordance the the recommendations-set plate above, a pilot would start up down at 7 miles (the 7.0DME on the pass image interior the sideview) and descend to 600 ft on their altimeter, they'd do this to be there previously 2 miles (the two.0DME on the plate or the large "M"). it somewhat is the 'neglected recommendations-set ingredient' at which ingredient the pilot ought to execute the printed neglected recommendations-set technique if he does not see the runway or ecosystem (as defined by using regulation). The "suitable shot" would desire to be through fact of interior of reach elevations even if 600 ft above sea point in all possibility seems surprisingly low. with out flow slope or elevation training, it somewhat is a "Non Precision recommendations-set" no longer 'locator' (in spite of it somewhat is). Localizer is yet another form of non precision recommendations-set and doubtless that's what he replaced into going for. 'direction a CFI would comprehend that.
2016-10-02 08:31:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some large, multi-engine aircraft had a third crewmember in the cockpit, known as the Flight Engineer, whose job was to control engine power and monitor engine conditions in flight.
The Flight Engineer's station was typically behind the co-pilot's seat, and it is possible that some of these aircraft could have been flown with the pilot using a mirror to monitor the flight engineer's instruments.
I don't know of any that were intentionally designed that way.
2007-11-14 07:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A lot of planes had instruments behind the pilot but I don't know of any that used a mirror.
2007-11-14 04:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Spirit of St Louis didn't have a windshield. It had a periscope to see outside.
2007-11-14 15:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by cire 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, some aircrafts, such as the Boeing 747 and the Concord, has another side panel of gauges and indicators behind the first officer that is monitored by the flight engineer (A.K.A. Second officer). They typically monitor and adjust engines, pressurization, fuel, hydraulic, and electrical systems during a flight.
The movie seems impractical...
2007-11-14 14:17:19 · answer #6 · answered by Salazar Slytherin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
never heard that kind, but some plane got circuit breaker behind the capt seat. and old 747 has a lot of instrument behind the pilot, but monitored by Second Officer.
2007-11-14 06:55:09 · answer #7 · answered by zzzZZzzz..... 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
what!! if it had intruments behind the pilot how would he control the plane!!
and dont always believe movies, its bloody fiction!
2007-11-14 09:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by sulz152 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The planes that have already crashed.
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2007-11-14 06:10:44 · answer #9 · answered by Robert L 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
yes they did
2007-11-14 04:41:17 · answer #10 · answered by GSH 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋